>>> BBBS/D comes in DOS, Win32, OS/2 and Linux versions, but due to the way the   
   >>> Win32 version is designed it is not able to run DOS doors using telnet, so   
   >>> you should only use the DOS version (BBBS/D) with Windows and NetFoss.   
      
   >>Thanks Rudi, appreciate your effort. Keep in mind though, that BBBS/D is a 16   
   >> bit program, and it will NOT run on any 64 bit Windows system, since they do   
   >>not support 16 bit software any more. Also Windows 7 and 8 in 32 bit versions   
   >>equires special configuration to run 16 bit software, since this is disabeled   
   >> as standard. I have unfortunatly no way of testing, I haven't run 32 bit   
   >> Windows since Windows 7 was introduced.   
      
   > You are mistaken about this. All 32 bit Windows 7/8/vista/XP/2000/2003/2008   
   > will work with NetFoss.   
      
   Mistaken? I asked, because I didn't know if Netfoss would work that way. (in a   
   32-bit VM running on a 64 bit Windows Server platform). Will it be able to   
   handle telnet communication between BBBS/D and the network connection on the   
   64 bit system? If you say it does, fine, but do you know for sure?   
      
   > There is no special configuration to run 16 bit software on 32-bit Windows,   
      
   It will not run that way "out of the box" though. My point was that 16-bit   
   Application Support needs to be turned on, since it is not by default in   
   Windows 7/8.   
      
   > as they all support the NTVDM (Virtual DOS Machine).   
      
   as I stated in my comments above...   
      
   > If you wish to run DOS doors on a 64 bit version of Windows, you can   
   > install a VM such as VMware player, which is freeware, or even XP mode from   
   > Microsoft which is free for Windows 7 users (except for the home version).   
      
   I DO run my BBBS/NT in a VMware player, so I do know how that works. Have been   
   doing that for more than 10 years! Not with XP though. I've always been using   
   Server OS.   
      
   > I think the best choice is to not use a VM, and just run a 32-bit version of   
   > Windows as this is the simplest solution and also faster.   
      
   You MAY think so, and that may work fine for you. But as stated to Rudi in my   
   previous message, that's not the case for me. I need more than the 4Gig memory   
   the 32-bit systems can handle, for other things. The BBS is just a minor part   
   of my setup :-)   
      
   > Regards, Mike   
   > NetFoss Developer   
      
   Keep up the good work. May be I'll test it some day, even though BBS users   
   have been long gone her.   
      
   rgds   
   Torbjørn   
      
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